Hemmer for sewing-machines



G. E. RICE.

- HEMMER FOR SEWING MACHINES.

Patented Feb. 14, 1882.

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, r 0 t L H I N PETERS Phmo-mmm her. Washington. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. RICE, OF OWENSBOROUGEL ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN G.SCHRADER, OF DAVIESS COUNTY, KENTUGKY.

HEMMER FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,766, dated February14, 1882.

Application filed October 27, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. RIcE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Owensborough, county of Daviess, and State ofKentueky, haveinvented a. new and useful lmprovement in Sewing-Machine-Hemmer Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to heinmers for sewingmachines, and is so arrangedin parts that it can be attached to any machine and produce a hem of anydesired width. 1 attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2is a plan view of the two plates and connecting means. Fig. 3 is asection through the thumb screw, shank, and upper plate. Fig. 4 is aside view ot'the slotted attachment-bar. Fig. 5 is a perspective of myhemmer and attachment-bar. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view ofthe same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In theaccompanyingdrawings,Aisathumbscrew attached to the threaded shankor standard h. B is the under plate. is the fabricpresser, that passespartly under the front end of the presser-foot of the machine. E is theforward bent end of the under plate, B

which is designed to turn under the edge of the fabric passing throughit. H is the longitudinal slot in the extension l of the upper plate,1?. L is a slotted bar, held to the hemmer by the thumb-screw A. Bymeans ofsaid bar the device is attached to the machine. P is the upperplate, one endof which is turned under the ear E on the under plate, B.P is the rear extension of the upper plate, P. Tis

a graduated scale on the extension P ot the plate P.

In the small letters, (6 is a slot through the vertical center piece inthe under plate, 15. c is the lapped end of the tongue t, which passesthrough a slot in the vertical portion of the bar P. Said end issoldered and fixed thereto. 12

is the tongue, fixed at e, passing through the slot a in the bar B, andholds the semicircularguide 9. f is the slot in the bar L. h is thescrew-shank, over which the cap or thumbo screw fits. m is a strap,termed from metal, lapped over from the under plate, B. Said strapencircles the rear extension, P, of. the upper plate,'P.

This hemmer can be firmly attaclu d to any machine by means of theslotted bar L and thumb-screw A. The slotted bar is designed to connectwith a thumb-screw or attachment device of a sewing-machine.

By constructing my hemmer in two piecesl am enabled to produce a hem ofany width, by reason of the two parts being adjustably attached, oneover the other. They connect at the thumb-screw by means ot'the strap m,which forms an adjustable slide on the graduated 6; scaleT. Bymovingthestrapmoversaid scale L the width of the hem is varied, so as to suit theconvenience of the operator.

Havingthus described *myinvention,I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. A hemmer fora sewing-machine, consisting essentiallyof the plate B, having the bent end or ear E, presser O, screw-shank h,and strap m, in combination with the plate P, havingslotted extension P,provided with a gradu- 7 a'ted scale, T, and tongue i, having guide g,substantially as described.

2. A hemmer for a sewing-machine, consisting of the plate B,h avingbentend E, presser O, screw-shank h, and strap m, also the plate I, havingslotted extension P, provided with a graduatedscale, T, and tongue 0having guide g, in combination with the thumb-screw A and slottedbarL,substantially asde'seri'bed, and for the purposes set forth.

CHARLES E. RICE.

Witnesses:

JAMES WEIR, In, WATSON MEGILL.

